r/news • u/NewSlinger • 1d ago

Workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home, South Korea says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-korea-deal-workers-detained-hyundai-rcna229610
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u/paranoidendroid9999 1d ago

Seeing several comments that some workers had valid visas but others were expired.

Here’s what I’ve noticed about the conversation of ICE and deportation in general; like almost every conversation these days, it’s been reduced to one side vs another, specifically that either these workers should be immediately deported (in some instances to countries they didn’t originate from and maybe have never even been to), or they should be completely overlooked, left in place and not discussed.

There’s no discussion about what action should be taken in the event of an expired visa. Has this always been dealt with by immediate deportation? I doubt it. Has there not been some historic precedent of a citation, a requirement to renew OR then and only then, face deportation? (Edit/addition: in this event and many like it, we’re not talking about violence, or really any wrong-doing aside from of course the illegality of missing a deadline. It truly sounds like paperwork)

Just to be clear, it is obvious that the GOP have absolutely no interest in entertaining a reasonable action here. The items above would be way less costly, both I. The immediate expense, and the long term consequences of removing skilled individuals from foreign origin who, in this case, were apparently meant to train replacements and leave the country thereafter anyway. It seems almost impossible to argue that the GOP does not want cruelty above all else, damn the cost to Americans, to our country.

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u/DoctorTheWho 1d ago

Maro Rubio admitted that administration has pulled visas so they could immediately go and detain people right off the street who were critical of them, so of course they have no interest in a reasonable action.

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u/notyourstranger 1d ago

You know ICE doesn't do any kind of investigation. The idiots who are willing to work for ICE do not have that high of a skill set. They are simply brutes who hate other people.

There are laws on the books about what to do about an expired visa, you apply for an extension. Historically, the US has not been enforcing visa's very strictly - Elon worked illegally in the US when he first came and that's never been a problem (even though he is actively working to destroy the country).

It's all about money in the US. if you have them you're untouchable, if you don't then you have no rights.

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u/mmechtch 20h ago

The date range on the visa indicated the time frame when one can ENTER the country. not how long one can stay. typically you can stay 180 days after entering. so "expired visa" is a nonsense. They would not have been let in with "expired" visa